Vasiliy Dmitryevich Sokov (; born 7 April 1968 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR) is a triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Russia. He is best known for his two bronze medals at the European Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.59 metres, achieved in June 1993 in Moscow. His wife, Mariya Sokova, is also an athlete. Sokov represented Uzbekistan at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Anti-doping rule violation Sokov received a three months doping ban for the use of ephedrine in 1995. He has continued to jump, winning the bronze medal in a Russian sweep of the M45 division at the 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships. His wife did one place better in the W40 division. International competitions See also List of doping cases in athletics References sports-reference 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Dushanbe Soviet male triple jumpers Russian male long jumpers Russian male triple jumpers Uzbekistani male triple jumpers Olympic male triple jumpers Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships athletes for Uzbekistan Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases Tajikistani sportspeople in doping cases Soviet sportspeople in doping cases Tajikistani people of Russian descent Uzbekistani people of Russian descent